Effectiveness of acupuncture with manual stimulation in migraine headache

Authors

  • Gelen Ramírez González Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty
  • Liván López Arias Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty
  • Jenry Daniel Espinosa Ferrer Granma Medical University, Manzanillo Faculty
  • Ariel Rodríguez Ríos Granma Medical University

Keywords:

acupuncture, migraine headache, dimension of the pain, quality of life

Abstract

Introduction: the acupuncture is an alternative therapy to the migraine headache. Objective: to compare the effectiveness of theacupunctural treatment and the pharmacological one in patients with migraine headache in the Educational Surgical Clinical Hospital Celia Sánchez Manduley in the period between September of the 2014 - September of the 2016. Material and

Methodological Design: it was carried out a quasi-experimental study in 224 patients assisted in consultation of Traditional and Natural Medicine of the Educational Surgical Clinical Hospital Celia Sánchez Manduley with diagnostic of migraine from September 1 from 2014 to September 31 2016. It was divided the patients in two groups. In one of themit was carried out an acupunctural treatment with manual stimulation and in the othera pharmacological treatment. The test of X2 was applied to identify if it existedassociation between the good evolution and the application of the acupuncture.

Results: the evolution according to beginning of the symptoms’ relief was good in the group with acupuncture in 58,9% of the patients; in comparison with 24,1% in the group control. In connection with the intensity of the pain, it was good in 57,1% in the group with treatment acupuntural against 32,1% in the group control, and it shows a significant association between the good evolution of the patients and the application of the acupunctural treatment, which was also shown in the decrease of the days with migraine and the improvement in the quality of the patients' life.

Conclusions: the application of the acupuncture was an effective therapy in the handling of these patients.

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2018-05-25

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Ramírez González G, López Arias L, Espinosa Ferrer JD, Rodríguez Ríos A. Effectiveness of acupuncture with manual stimulation in migraine headache. Revdosdic [Internet]. 2018 May 25 [cited 2025 Mar. 13];1(1 (2018):48-56. Available from: https://revdosdic.sld.cu/index.php/revdosdic/article/view/7

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2018): JANUARY - MAY

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